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簿

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簿

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簿 Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bù | bu4
English translation
register, notebook, account book

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About 簿

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

簿

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of 簿

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮溥

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 簿

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zài 账簿 zhàng bù shǎng Huā le 英镑 Yīng bàng .

You must enter the 5 pounds you spent in the account book.

一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn , jǐn zài 簿子 bù zi shǎng 记些 suǒ suǒ xiè xiè de 事情 shìqing .

All day he wrote little facts upon the pad.

zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng , zǒu 慢慢 màn màn de , 挟着本很 de 剪贴簿.

He came slowly, on crutches, clutching a big scrapbook.

yǒu 本剪贴簿,面有 de 一些 yī xiē 音乐会 yīn yuè huì de 剪报 jiǎn bào .

He kept a scrapbook containing press cuttings of his concerts.

每个学生 xuésheng 应该 yīnggāi yǒu Zhī 铅笔 qiānbǐ 一本拍纸簿.

Each student should have a pencil and pad.

Words with 簿

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
簿a book簿
电话簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory電話簿
户口簿 hù kǒu bù household register戶口簿
账簿 zhàng bù a ledger賬簿
对簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng legal confrontation對簿公堂
支票簿 zhī piào bù checkbook (banking)支票簿 zhī piào bù
留言簿 liú yán bù visitor's book留言簿 liú yán bù
记事簿 jì shì bù a memo book (recording events)記事簿
簿记 bù jì bookkeeping簿記
簿子 bù zi notebook簿子 bù zi
对簿 duì bù to take sb to court對簿
拍纸簿 pāi zhǐ bù writing pad拍紙簿
考勤簿 kǎo qín bù attendance record book考勤簿 kǎo qín bù

簿 Decomposition & Compounds

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